[George W. Bush]

BTW, in the end I did NOT pay for dinner :)

Good for you! LOL.

Of course, we live in a country where parents don't even teach children to chew food with their mouth closed, cover their mouths when sneezing and coughing, etc.

I'm pretty libertarian in outlook but a libertarian society can be a polite society as well. Just because we are free to do something doesn't mean we have a license to do so or that we're entitled to disregard others entirely.

[Eastbound]

I think in a free society folks are more prone to be mannerly and considerate. Where there is no choice, there is resentment if you are forced to do something that you would normally do out of the goodness of your heart as a free person. Am I wrong about that?